Unit 4 vocabulary review (3 ESO)

1 Match the halves of the compound nouns in boxes A and B

and complete the sentences.

A cable dirt public rush short suspension traffic winding

B bridge car cut hour jams path track transport

1. We can save ten minutes on our walk to the centre if we take the across the field.
_____________
2. There’s no road to get to my aunt’s house but we can use the _____________if you
drive slowly and don’t mind getting the car muddy.
3. The Tibetan saint Thangtong Gyalpo built a _____________ with iron chains as
early as 1433 in Bhutan. However, earlier designs using rope and wood were also used
to cross rivers and valleys.
4. The longest journey made by a _____________ is 7,455 metres. It’s in China and
goes from Zhangjiajie city centre to the top of Heaven’s Gate Mountain.
5. If more people used _____________ like buses and trams, there’d be less traffic on
the roads and less pollution in the air.
6. Sorry we’re late. It’s _____________ and there are always awful _____________ at
this time of day.
7. There’s a wonderful _____________ through the forest. It turns left and right and
then left and right again – all the way to the lake at the end.

2 TRAVEL COLLOCATIONS Choose the correct option.

Last night I had a very strange dream. I decided to 1 miss / catch the bus to school because
I was feeling too lazy to cycle 2 uphill / downhill like I usually did for my regular morning
exercise. But because it was raining really heavily, a boat came along instead. I got on
the boat, in fact, I was the only passenger, and it began to 3 cross / swim the river. But the
journey was very rough and the captain ordered me to sit down and 4 close / fasten my
seatbelt. Then suddenly there were lots of other boats and we were 5 stuck / caught in
traffic. It took ages for the boat to make any progress, and all the time it was raining.
When I finally arrived at school, I noticed I was 6 walking / going barefoot. And I was
completely wet and shaking from the cold. The teacher looked confused and asked me
why I was late. I simply told her I’d 7 missed / lost the bus. Very strange.

3 Complete the sentences with the verbs CATCH, CROSS, GET or MISS
in the correct form. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

1 I _____________the train from Waterloo and got here as soon as I could.

2 Marco Polo was the first westerner to _____________the continent of Asia. In total,
he travelled through the area for 24 years.
3 We _____________stuck in traffic and that’s why we’re a little late.
4 My school bag was so heavy this morning that I_____________the bus to school
instead of walking.
5 Janet _____________the train and there isn’t another one until tomorrow morning.
She’ll have to stay the night in a hotel.
6 Before bridges existed, the only way to _____________a valley was to climb down
one side and then climb up the other.

4 Read the definitions and choose the correct option.

1 a trip on a plane = a drive / a flight / a ride

2 a trip by sea or in space = a drive / a ride / a voyage
3 a long trip overland = a flight / a cruise / a journey
4 a trip by boat from one piece of land to another = a tour / a crossing / a ride

5 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letter is
given.
1 The first time my mum went on a plane was to Australia! The f_____________took
over twenty-two hours with a stopover in Hong Kong.
2 My sister and her husband are going on a c_____________in the Mediterranean.
Their ship leaves from Liverpool and the first stop is Monaco!
3 The d_____________from London to Paris by car is six and a half hours. The high
speed train takes just over two hours!
4 The ferry c_____________in the Baltic Sea from Poland to Sweden takes up to 19
hours.
5 Paloma is going on a 15-day cycling trip this summer. Her j_____________will take
her from Berlin all the way to Malaga in the south of Spain. She must be mad!
6 I went on a camel r_____________when I was in Egypt but I wouldn’t recommend it.
I don’t think the animals are treated very kindly.
7 Our guided t_____________around Toledo took us to the cathedral and then to the El
Greco Museum.
8 When Columbus discovered America, he was on a v_____________to find a new
route to Asia.

6 Choose the correct option.

My ‘Dream’ Holiday

After studying hard and passing my exams I decided to 1 make / take / do a holiday. I
had been really stressed, so I wanted the kind of holiday where you lie in the sun and do
nothing for a week. This, I was sure, would help me relax. So, I opted for a short 2 voyage
/ journey / cruise on the ship ‘The Ocean Dream.’ This would be perfect, I thought. But
unfortunately, my holiday wasn’t the ‘dream’ I had hoped for. To begin with, I 3 lost /
missed / crossed the train to Southampton. That meant I had to get a lift from my dad at
the last minute, which was quite stressful for both of us. And, of course, we also got 4
held / stuck / fastened in traffic, so I was really stressed the whole way thinking that I
wouldn’t be able to get on the ship before it left. Well, I made it just in time. But as soon
as we left land, the weather turned bad and it stayed wet and cloudy the whole 5 journey
/ tour / ride . For four whole days the ship was bouncing up and down on the large waves.
I got seasick and began to worry that the ship might sink and go under water like the
Titanic. When the ship finally made it back to Southampton, I was more stressed and
nervous than when I had left. What a nightmare! I now wish I had just booked a cheap 6
drive / crossing / flight to Egypt instead and spent a week lying on the beach doing
nothing!

7 Find and mark the mistakes.

1 I know a shorter cut through the park.

________________________________

2 The suspending bridge is moving in the wind.

______________________________________

3 Traffic is always bad during the hurry hour.

_______________________________________

4 Let’s take the dirty track – it’ll be quicker.

_______________________________________

5 Always fast your seatbelt when in a moving car.

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